OPERATING SEGMENTS (Tables)

6 Months Ended

Apr. 30, 2024

Segment Reporting [Abstract]

Schedule Of Segment Reporting Information By Segment [Table Text Block]

Information on the Company’s two operating segments, the FSG and the ETG, for the six and three months ended April 30, 2024 and 2023, respectively, is as follows (in thousands):

			Other, Primarily Corporate and Intersegment (1)	Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG	ETG
Six months ended April 30, 2024:
Net sales	$1,265,948	$605,264	($19,454)	$1,851,758
Depreciation	11,929	11,061	609	23,599
Amortization	36,304	25,649	784	62,737
Operating income	284,967	130,591	(26,195)	389,363
Capital expenditures	12,714	13,028	583	26,325
Six months ended April 30, 2023:
Net sales	$763,480	$556,818	($11,542)	$1,308,756
Depreciation	8,152	9,461	535	18,148
Amortization	13,286	24,802	548	38,636
Operating income	183,521	124,516	(21,513)	286,524
Capital expenditures	10,643	11,058	220	21,921
Three months ended April 30, 2024:
Net sales	$647,232	$319,322	($11,159)	$955,395
Depreciation	5,442	5,522	305	11,269
Amortization	18,447	12,723	392	31,562
Operating income	148,876	75,263	(14,986)	209,153
Capital expenditures	5,982	6,854	112	12,948
Three months ended April 30, 2023:
Net sales	$392,202	$301,759	($6,120)	$687,841
Depreciation	3,974	5,523	265	9,762
Amortization	6,555	13,133	274	19,962
Operating income	99,912	67,979	(10,801)	157,090
Capital expenditures	3,990	6,969	116	11,075

Reconciliation of Assets from Segment to Consolidated [Table Text Block]

Total assets by operating segment are as follows (in thousands):

			Other, Primarily Corporate	Consolidated Totals
	Segment
	FSG	ETG
Total assets as of April 30, 2024	$4,104,662	$2,901,556	$359,627	$7,365,845
Total assets as of October 31, 2023	4,006,748	2,915,300	273,015	7,195,063